18Individuals

18 Individuals

Identification procedures for individuals (1) This regulation sets out the identification procedures for verifying the identity of the following individuals: (a) an individual in whose name a Registry account is to be opened; (b) if a Registry account is to be opened in the name of an entity—an individual who has been nominated to be an authorised representative of the entity at the time of the request to open the account; (c) an individual who is nominated by a registered holder under regulation 32 to be an authorised representative for a Registry account; (d) an individual associated with an entity, if evidence of the individual’s identity is required under: (i) paragraph (d) or (e) of item 4 of the table in regulation 21; or (ii) item 2 or 3 of the table in regulation 22. (2) The individual’s identity must be verified by the Regulator accepting: (a) the individual’s digital identity (see subregulation (3)); or (b) the documentary evidence provided in accordance with subregulations (4) and (5). Verification of identity by accepting individual’s digital identity (3) An individual may provide evidence of the individual’s identity by consenting to the transfer of the individual’s digital identity from an identity service provider to the Regulator, if the Regulator is able to accept that digital identity from that provider. Verification of identity by means of documentary evidence (4) The identity of an individual may be verified by the provision of the following documents to the Regulator: (a) if the individual is an Australian citizen or is ordinarily resident in Australia—3 documents identifying the individual, of a kind set out in Schedule 1, at least one of which must be a category A document; (b) if the individual is a foreign person—3 documents identifying the individual, of a kind set out in Schedule 2, at least one of which must be a category A document; (c) if the individual’s name has changed—a document that shows the change of name.

Note: Examples for paragraph (4)(c) include a marriage certificate, a deed poll and a certificate issued by a government authority that recognises the change of name.

(5) An individual may provide a document identifier for a document in place of a document mentioned in subregulation (4) if the Regulator is able to verify the document by providing the document identifier to the document verification service.